Squads

1. Players Played

As the season unfolded, more and more FPL managers failed to field full teams of 11 players with positive minutes and a playing captain or vice-captain (after automatic substitutions). An average FPL team was hit especially hard in GW 27 and GW 33 – the ones that had some fixtures rearranged for other weeks. An average top 10K team was in better shape but also failed to field a full team of 11 players on several occasions.

2. Captains and Vice-Captains

This season lacked some drama like when both popular captain and vice-captain picks don’t play because of unexpected injuries or wives going into labor (yes, Torres, I still remember 😡 ).

Diego Costa and Daniel Sturridge injuries contributed to a large number of vice-captains coming on for ghost teams.

Up top, the services of vice-captains were required seldom.

3. Average Points for Captains, Bench, Autosubs

Points for captains significantly declined compared to last season for both samples. The amount of points ending up on the bench increased and points for autosubs kicking in decreased.